Although he knew about this matter, Del Valle has now forgotten it. He is not here to talk about it.
"How much does the armor of the Tang Dynasty cost?" Del Valle asked, looking at Pei Xingjian.
"A pair of 160 taels of silver." Pei Xingjian told the price negotiated with Li Ke. This price is only double the cost of a pair of Mingguang Armor in the Tang Dynasty, so it is not expensive.
Of course, this is only based on the Tang Dynasty's official Mingguang Armor cost, not Li Ke's own cost.
The reason why there is no need for profit is because these weapons and armors are not meant to make profits in the first place. They are meant to consume their national power and make profits on the way.
"These are weights and measures. The envoy can take one set back." Pei Xingjian directly took out a set of steel weights that had been prepared.
"The 50 grams marked on it is one tael." Pei Xingjian pointed to a weight and said. It not only has the words "50 grams" on it, but also the words "one tael" as standard.
Del Valle picked up the weight and weighed it briefly, and he had an idea. The price... is not expensive, of course it is more expensive than them casting this kind of full-body armor themselves, but the other party shipped it from thousands of miles away, which really doesn't charge them a high price.
"If you don't have silver, in terms of gold, it's 32 taels of gold per armor. 5,000 pairs of armors total 160,000 taels, 16,000 kilograms, 8,000 kilograms, totaling 8 tons of gold." Pei Xingjian directly quoted the price.
"One hundred thousand arrows, one tael of silver for every 20 arrows, totaling 5,000 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of gold." Pei Xingjian reported the price of the arrows again. (There is no information on the price of arrows in the Tang Dynasty, but during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, an arrow cost about 70 Wen, and one stone of Japonica rice cost 1,000 Wen. Because of the purchasing power of money, I converted based on the price of grain. An arrow made in the Tang Dynasty was about It’s about 6 cents.)
Li Ke's cost of making arrows has naturally increased. The arrows he made are not like the ordinary iron arrows of the Tang Dynasty. The higher price is reasonable.
Although arrows on the battlefield can be recycled, they are also subject to wear and tear. Arrow shafts, arrows, etc. are all subject to wear and tear, and Li Ke's triangular armor-piercing arrows are actually... not easy to recycle.
The most critical point is that although the tail of the arrow adopts a screw structure, there are wooden threads inside the head of the arrow shaft, which is very convenient to assemble. Moreover, because the threads are machine-set, the center can be found accurately. After the connection, the wooden threads It is harder and not easy to fall off, and there is a small hollow structure inside the thread, which means that after tightening the arrow, there is still a small hollow structure inside.
When an arrow is shot and hits an enemy, not to mention the damage to the arrow, the arrow will penetrate deep into the interior due to the huge impact force and damage the thread, and the link between the arrow and the arrow shaft will fall off.
Moreover, this kind of impact force may cause the screw part of the arrow to directly crack the arrow shaft, causing serious damage. Even if it cannot cause greater damage, the arrow will most likely become unusable.
In fact, when all arrows in ancient times were constructed, especially when fighting the enemy for a long time, they would find ways to prevent the enemy from recycling the arrows for use.
The reason why Li Ke did this is also very simple, not to let the enemy recycle them. As for myself, as long as I make enough, I don't need to recycle them, and the damaged arrow shafts and arrowheads can be remade by Li Ke.
The arrowhead can be re-smelted, and if the arrow shaft is intact as a whole and only the connection with the arrowhead is damaged, then remove that section and re-punch the hole. Although the arrow cannot be used with a bow because the arrow becomes shorter, it can be used as a crossbow again because Crossbow arrows are generally shorter than bow arrows, and more importantly, crossbow arrows can actually be used with longer or shorter arrows.
And these arrowheads like Li Ke's, even if Persia recycled them and wanted to use them, they would have to be recast, which would undoubtedly increase their costs.
Del Valle was a little confused. These prices... were not strictly expensive, not to mention that the other party had lent them 5,000 armors and 100,000 arrows. This could be regarded as indirectly protecting Persia. In any case, this friendship , even if it is not easy, you cannot offend the other party, because Persia is really weak now.
"We agreed to this price. We also want to buy five thousand armors and one hundred thousand arrows!" Del Valle took a deep breath and said.
"There's nothing wrong with the armor, but there's something wrong with the arrows. We don't carry many arrows, and we still need time to make them." Pei Xingjian said simply. "In addition, we also need a space in Hemo City, which is what you call the Hormuz Port, and then use it to load and unload our goods."
"These are not problems." Del Valle agreed simply.
"One more thing, I want to declare in advance." Pei Xingjian said.
"Envoy, please speak." Del Valle said quickly.
"I only represent His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, but there are many princes in the Tang Dynasty. Even the emperor can't do anything to them with the combined power of the equally powerful nobles, and there are also many businessmen under their names. This also means that , what we can sell...the other party can also sell." Pei Xingjian said.
Del Valle's face was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly thought of something, his face froze, and he raised his head and said, "Messenger, you mean...Arabs..."
"That's all. I can't say any more." Pei Xingjian reminded him with a "kind-hearted" look on his face.
Del Valle took a deep breath and understood a lot instantly. Yes, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Persia was just the most ordinary trade relationship, but since they could buy it, the Arabs could naturally sell it.
"When we set out, the Tang army had replaced a total of 30,000 sets of Mingguang armor, but His Highness the King of Qin only received 20,000 sets." Pei Xingjian added.
Del Valle understood, which meant that other nobles and princes might also have received 10,000 sets, so it was impossible to say whose hands those 10,000 sets of armor fell into.
"I will ask someone to go to the port to inquire. We will send someone to deliver the currency later." Del Valle explained to Pei Xingjian, and then quickly returned.
After Del Valle left, Pei Xingjian smiled. He didn't care whether they used gold or silver to buy weapons and equipment. Anyway, now that the silver is gone, they can only use gold. If they exchange it according to the exchange rate of the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely be is allowed.
This is no different from Ashlyu exchanging gold and silver at a ratio of 1:5 or 1:6.
His Highness said that the important thing about selling weapons and equipment is not to make money, but to consume the strength of the two countries, especially the Arabs. If their rise is not curbed, they will reach a peak, but if they are curbed, they will not be able to take advantage of them. To the richest land, this means that they can only become troublemakers.
